Alice Hagan's Banana Bread
Ingredients
1 3/4 c flour
1 1/4 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp soda
3/4 tsp salt
2/3 c sugar
1/3 c shortening
2 eggs
1/2 c broken walnuts or 1tsp lemon rind, grated
2 or 3 bananas
Instructions
Sift flour; add baking powder, soda, and salt and sift again twice. Set aside. Gradually add sugar to shortening and cream until light and fluffy. Add eggs separately beating well after each addition. Mash bananas and measure one cup; add alternating with flour mixture and mix until just blended. Stir in nuts or lemon rind. Pour batter into greased loaf pan; push batter up into corners of pan. Bake 55 min in 350 degree oven.